in the last. previous reports had suggested that islam is terrorists were behind the attacks but one of the norwegian authorities saying now. now is being said that he's. right wing extremist with actually anti muslim views initially a group in help of the global jihad came out and said that they took responsibility for the warming but then they retracted that of course norway is. participating in the libyan and afghanistan war efforts as part of nato and just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with the planned bombings. how have the people of norway reacted to this terrible event and one of the government's response to the attacks yes well police have told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the

exits to the borders of norway which shots immediately after the blast and roads leading into and trains leading into the capital we're also halted now we've we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with machine guns police also and it's being called the worst attack since world war two perhaps the worst shooting spree in history. ok bushell thank you for that update. well for more on the possible motives behind the attacks let's cross live now to keith harmon snow u.s. based war correspondent and dependent investigator i thank you for joining us on r.t. . can you can you hear us actually yes you can yes officials in norway have described the attacks as the work of a mad men could individual crime on such a scale in your opinion. well when you have a cultural war and a society that's involved in the production of war such as norway then the likelihood that an individual would take such an action as happens has happened

many times in the united states and britain for example is very significant so it's not surprising that this could be an individual that has organized this and perpetuated this on the one hand on the other hand it seems fairly coordinated in three different places and surprising that it happened at the same time if it was the same individual so we may say it's speculation at this point that we may see that one of these jihadi organizations that's supposedly claimed or twitted that is that they're responsible for this may actually be responsible for it now as some of our commentators have said that the attacks might have a direct connection to the presence of norwegian forces in afghanistan does that sound realistic to you of course you know norway has a huge role in the missions. forces in afghanistan where you know the trustees against civilians are happening all the time this is but if this is blowback if it's the reaction of the world to the kind of atrocities that are being committed

by norway and other places in the world which include sudan afghanistan libya lebanon somalia uganda and they were previously involved in iraq then it's that that wouldn't be surprising either afghan in afghanistan norway has committed to claims to the bombing in libya and norway is deeply involved in in the end i sat as i said in afghanistan going to get the truth about the atrocities that are committed in afghanistan by the nato forces which norway is part of now the region has been criticized by some harboring of potential terrorists is in no way now suffering the consequences of its well known liberalism i suppose. well you know it's home to the know in the nobel peace prize norway committee that gave the nobel peace prize to barack obama i mean what are they thinking obama had just begun his charm i mean my mother cancer garden and she's far more deserving of the nobel peace prize than than barack obama ever will be but. again back to the culture of

war and always the fourteenth largest arms importer in in the world that's very very significant weapons export the highest military expenditures per capita in all of the european countries and they are involved in covert operations with the united states with the nato forces they they work with israeli covert awkward operatives and yeah it makes a lot of sense that this could be coming back on norway just like you know the chickens come home to roost as they did in the nine eleven thing with the united states given what you saying that that will be a tax. haven country as a home as a safe place to be you know that a.b.c. news in the united states was calling in saying this is a day of horror in norway one of the most peaceful countries in the world a shock you know reeling from terror. people have to people who are responsible for participating in in terrorism in the world which includes the united states these nato countries and committing violence against innocent people in other parts of the world have to be prepared for some sort of retaliation and it's only going to

escalate we're going to see far more attacks whether again perhaps this is an individual a mad man work if it is then the cultural who are in norway has caused this individual to be part of that he can get the weapons to commit this violence but if it's a more organized thing which is part of the globe back against norway then i'd say we're going to see a lot more of that in scandinavian countries who are not the peaceful countries that we're led to believe that they are there's a blot on that dripping from the hands of people in norway just as there is from the united states and you know we should stand up and be mature about this and take some responsibility for what we're actually participating in rather than crying boohoo we've been were the victims of terrorism and we don't have any you know just there's no justification for this outrageous violence against the people of norway course these innocent children of course don't deserve to be hurt or die but one also has to raise the question what is a political camp on an island in norway all about i mean it's very interesting. ok

when he said that keep calm and space one correspondent and independent investigator thank you thanks so much bye bye. well danish journalist thanks norway's intelligence hadn't expected the attack failed to provide adequate security. maybe just maybe the norwegian intelligence service has not been as alert as it should have been because one has simply not expected this and we know that all over europe in the u.k. and france in denmark in no way if you sort of look back through the years. certainly one has given safe haven to people who should never never have got an inside one is not surprised that this has happened and we have seen it several times we saw it nine eleven methylated. we have seen the failed attacks

on copenhagen and now in norway and of course the european governments and also the you know we didn't governments have to sort of rethink the frame of mind to culture or i mean the baton things that the scenes witnessed in oslo part of a broader issue concerning attitudes towards immigration and multiculturalism. i think that in many ways we invited this problem because it hand in hand with mass unlimited immigration into prices like britain and also into into places like denmark and sweden and norway not quite as asked but by a large amount of immigration we've actually also had this policy of multiculturalism and i like to draw a distinction if i can between what are called private multiculturalism and public state sponsored multiculturalism private multiculturalism where people enjoy their religious and cultural customs in private that's for another problem and i think you know i went to

a hindu wedding recently and i really enjoyed it really made me welcome on a lovely time but problem that we've got everything with public state sponsored multiculturalism and even diet can mean mrs merkel president sarkozy they've all now admitted that this is a problem is where we have imported cultural customs into our country which are not appropriate in western liberal advance democracy and instead of being very strong about this and say that's not how we do things we were pleased and let these people carry on with things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their contralto cost and in fact in britain i don't know about it also but in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got the legal system has already taken a foothold without us and of course this is a road to ruin. or mark almond history that from oxford university highlights norway's involvement in terms of major campaigns as a possible catalyst for tensions in the area. the most likely explanation is that

norway's involvement as a nato member in the various armed actions lying nato from libya to afghanistan will be the basis for some backlash now whether that backlash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group that is hostile to the region nato involvement. is to be seen and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city in ninety ninety five when it was a huge bomb of the federal us there will be every left inclusions it must be the work of islamic terrorists and it turned out to be the work of a christian fundamentalist militiamen hole so who was caught so with the proviso that we move we should don't rule out other possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously that noise political involvement wrong an attack on it and i think really for two is wise those involvements and the other is perhaps if there is a strategy to come of the house of an islamic group they might signal ways or so help

them. if you think about places like london paris or even recall that's a terrorist attacks over the years even a quite dramatic attack on the prime minister so his attack on. members of his group who called him you call him will necessarily have had such an effect in london or paris as perhaps in the i'm sure norway which has been very peaceful very quiet for a long time where if you like and he no involvement in the we just environs has always been houses miles away from our own country. but i think terrorism expert dr weil it already says even if it was the work of a lone gunman there may still be a struggle between the cool jihadist groups and state authorities in the country. well first of all we have to look at go whole history between did you hottest movement the wonder claims with the name today and those who find themselves a different name five six years ago norway has been over the past decade on that mess that was and math by the time of the lot and by as i was here another time in

the middle and we've been asking ourselves why the good norway but there is another element the fact is that inside norway they wear homegrown or actually locally grown jihadi groups who have been battling politically with the government one of whom is ayatollah or even crack car who has been you know in the process of being deported but there is something else as well last week there was the publication of the book by the cultural editor for all the danish newspaper that published the cartoons in that norwegian language and there were threats so i want to put it in the framework of a struggle between the jihadist movement inside norway and the government and this is a you know very tough warning to the government by those you artists because what the judges are saying in their chat rooms for the last two three years that they are preparing very patiently x.x.i. games not just the traditional capitals of where they attack longer madrid russia or or new york but the other ones warning them so this is

a critical mass reached by the jihadist inside of norway at this point in time and when they reach that critical mass following in their targets this is when we learned this when the norwegian will learn that they have a problem and send a concrete this is not the problem of russia alone or of britain alone or with india alone and i would even say china imagine the five permanent members of the security council have been targeted by the same type of terrorism got or not the same time. the latest u.s. government's efforts to raise the country's about fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling collapse after a republican opposition leader walked out of negotiations with president obama unless the government can agree to raise the debt limit by august second the country will be on. to pay its bills to declare a cult and the effects are already being felt us. thirteen which sees all civil flights begins to shut down critics say that it's unlikely the side offer a solution on taxes or spending cuts. you know western health minister went on to

the streets on the big apple to gauge public opinion on taxation. would you be willing to pay more in taxes to save your government from bankruptcy this week let's talk about that. definitely would pay more if any of their spending . their spending. so do you trust your government to spend it correctly i don't trust any of the parties in our country a little bit how much is a little but. a few percentage points more and that's about it that's about it since fifty percent of the american public does not pay a nickel i would have a problem i believe everybody even if it's a dollar fifty everybody should be in the shared sacrifice more in taxes means more

benefits which means more community programs get saved why not but what about the whole notion of people being responsible for themselves and not looking for a handout from the government some people can't help it i mean there are some people who tried really really hard in the us they still need help i mean it just happened so you got to get help wherever you can well i mean it all depends on how much work you you know if i'm working hard and i make you my good my good share you know why they want to get taken away from me when people who you know don't. you know you just spend a lot more money in taxes so that more people have my service that should you have to. for people who aren't working as hard as you yeah yeah. yeah ok with that. yeah i think everybody should have it ok so i think it's ok because if you pay too much taxes you know you take the energy from people who want to work so much

fixes. like in the states the government has spent all their money on crazy wars in iraq and. so i would hope wars and their you don't need a tax increase no matter how you feel about taxes the bottom line is you're probably always going to have to pay them but it's up to your government to use those funds well. the e.u. has announced a new one hundred sixty billion euro bailout for greece even as credit rating drops into the dreaded default category european leaders however make clear there is pulling out of it spiraling debt and the cost of critics agreeing that the cash injection was necessary for now maintain that it's not nearly enough to get back on its feet. president sarkozy has been saying in brussels you know greece is

a special case it's received this special support from the europeans and other countries won't receive that but of course. you do we believe that i'm not sure that we do because it's inconceivable that the europeans wouldn't step in. and it's also i think inconceivable that even the resources now available to the financial stability fund the sort of nascent european monetary fund i think they wouldn't really be sufficient in the end it was a sort of battle between the bond markets and the italian government so. wanted to paint nightmare scenario is i don't think we're out of the woods yet the volga river tragedy recovery operation is set to resume on saturday experts for touches into lifting the sunken pleasure. from the river bed part of the vessel has

already been pulled out of this water to be pumped out making ships easy to unearth experts to examine the wreckage to determine why exactly. two weeks ago hundred fourteen people dead in the trash and still listed as missing the owner of the ship is under investigation two people already charged with violating sentiment relations. media experts and u.s. warn that mainstream outlets are sacrificing viewers because of their choice of content i say it's become a trend to share the viewer with a flurry of sensationalism rather than important news and it's on this to reports u.s. big business and politicians could be directing the shift in style. now to talk about some of today's biggest political stories it's the story behind the story whoa the editorial mission driving the mainstream news cycle and i just kind of sat back i

was like wow this is it this is the speech played by the rules instructions coming straight from the top he said i was just in washington and people in washington tell me that they're concerned about your tone recently departed m.-s. n.b.c. anchor jank ugur describes the talking to he alleges came from the head of the cable news network the talking to that drove him to leave the station and he said i love to be an outsider outsiders are cool but we're not we're insiders. we are the former insiders and analysts we interviewed say it's this way of thinking in the mainstream t.v. media that leads to a twenty four hour news cycle filled largely with casey anthony the woman accused of killing her two year old little girl you would know if the this is your underpants we now learn marina demanded a move al has been wowing her style coverage that an m.s.m. defector says it's cost stations their literate audience and credibility

a lot of mainstream television news in particular is in the gutter you're just wasting your time with casey anthony stories with anthony weiner's wiener it's become a national joke a national joke that protects ad revenue and political currency unlike more hard hitting stories they would be stories that offend big corporations and big political power and that's why they're not covered it could explain why more reporters haven't covered for example a secret prison in somalia run by the cia journalist jeremy scahill exposed its secrets and says several other american porters know about it too instead this was the response to his story in the case of c.n.n. didn't even mention my report and just basically reprinted a press release from the cia saying that you know they were just assisting the somali government it could explain why networks aren't redoubling their efforts to cover hard hitting stories instead fresh off the successful ratings of the casey anthony trial you have a network like a.b.c.

hiring former kidnapping victim elizabeth smart to cover missing children stories i mean they basically came out and said we need to do more missing children or missing people stories and so that's what they're going to do and that is going to be at a cost to other stories taking away from stories that affect people on a greater scale from jobs to inequality poverty wars and police brutality. the direction seems to be heading ever further in the direction of sensational. and tabloid which if rupert murdoch's news corp scandal is any indication could backfire ultimately that you're going to lose ratings you're going to lose viewers and you know ultimately you may be you may find yourself under investigation networks that pledge to lean forward or claim to be fair and balanced or that call themselves the most trusted name in news the defectors leaving to find an independent outlet if they want to try to live up to those models lauren mr

washington d.c. . or some other international stories in brief for you now. is the list of militants in somalia say this still most foreign aid agencies from working in a foreign start country the militants deny u.n. claims that somalia is in a state of disaster calling them propaganda severe drought in the region rendering millions in dire need of food shelter the u.n. estimates tens of thousands have already died from the shortages. nato has carried out a fresh bombing runs on the libyan capital on saturday hitting colonel gadhafi as headquarters the whereabouts of incumbent the that remain unknown on friday thousands rallied in tripoli in support of a colonel has been ravaged by civil war since february the nato led coalition stepping in with airstrikes in march well today's military contributor thinks the u.s. has overextended itself by getting involved in the war. there is been

a lot of talk about. the u.s. policy or the lack of faith regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a close a look at how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a two and a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy a very bombing is one hundred percent of nato operation timing of nato

operation against libya demonstrated not on the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and afghan leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between genuine united states of america and its year of paean nato partners. oh we're back with latest headlines just a couple minutes here not.

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that the headlines now for you here know the worst single shooting spree in modern history at least eighty people have been killed at a youth camp in norway. called ripped through the heart of the government district with a competent also that killing at least seven the prime minister's office was hit in that was not in the building one of the plots. a thirty two year old norwegian man has been arrested in connection with both attacks and suspicions that right wing kooks premiss been behind the killings reports say the terror group is a little jihad mission he claimed responsibility it's almost always an old enough

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